Use for sailing warships carrying one or more heavy mortars or howitzers mounted on specially constructed platforms or in heavily reinforced pits; often ketch-rigged to give mortars a clearer field of fire forward and used in bombarding coastal towns or fortresses.
AAT
3000232839
bomb ketches
bombs (warships)
bombships
ketches, bomb
vessels, bomb
12yrs ago
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